Thursday, March 17, 2011

We recently received an email from someone concerned that the band had chosen to play a seemingly racist song 'I feel like a wog' on the Black and Blue tour.

We asked Jet to respond to this accusation and to set the record straight about the song's lyrics.

Here is his reply:

'I feel like a Wog' is an anti-racist song.

It is written in the first person from the perspective of a repressed racial minority figure, who, from his point of view, is put upon, and put down, by the white majority.

It was always intended as a lament to the privations of the racial minorities. A sympathy with their interminable adversity.

There have been a few criticisms of the song over the past quarter of a century, but usually as a result of a misunderstanding of it's message. We feel that that message is as valid today as it ever was. There is a need for someone, who can, to speak up for those concomitant with their fortuity of birth.

I feel like a wog people giving me the eyeBut I was born here just like youI feel like a wogGot all the dirty shitty jobsBut everybody's got to have something to do with their time

I feel like a wog I don't wanna go homeI've got a lot of life to run throughI feel like a wogI don't mean you no harmJust don't ask me to shine your shoes

Let me tell you about PimpoWe met him down at the After EightHe wanted to sell us some limboBut we said misterYou've just got to waitYou've got to waitYou've got to waitYou've got to wait

He wanted to take us down to St PauliBut we said misterWe ain't got no breadI tried to make him laughBut he didn't get the jokeAnd then he said I wasn't right in the headAnd then he made meAnd then he made meAnd then he made me feelAnd then he made me feel likeAnd then he made me feel likeAnd then he made me feel likeYou know I feel likeYou know I feel likeYou know I feel likeYou know I feel like a wog